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some_of_us_are_sane

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4. Trump's shutting himself and his cabinet off

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 09:40 PM

May 25

and DENYING illnesses and threats as he did Covid in his first disastrous four years, reminds me now of Trump's DESIRING above all ELSE to build an underground fortress for himself and favored others.

He can't outrun death. Try and distract and deny all he wants, it's coming.

Reminds me of Poe's "THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH"....

Prince Prospero's futile attempt to escape a deadly plague, the "Red Death," by secluding himself and his court in a fortified abbey.

IT'S COMIN' FOR HIM!

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Important Monday Night News Update [View all] littlemissmartypants May 25 OP

And the hits keep coming... Nittersing May 25 #1

United States and the CDC used to be the gold standard. Not anymore. Walleye May 25 #2

Taking your comment a bit further, I would say that the CDC is currently the pyrite standard. alwaysinasnit May 25 #3

I've felt that that "fools gold" is what trump is after. erronis May 25 #10

Trump's shutting himself and his cabinet off some_of_us_are_sane May 25 #4

And sadly homegirl May 25 #5

So what if they go in a personal capacity? scipan May 25 #6

Fire them. niyad May 25 #8

you used to have a reason. not sure what happened with that. nt scipan May 26 #25

Decimation of unions and free speech biophile May 26 #26

All of this was predictable and very dangerous. yellow dahlia May 25 #7

Reduce the surplus population. niyad May 25 #9

Scrooge's quote! some_of_us_are_sane May 25 #20

I would like to see that tombstone for real. niyad May 25 #21

Spot on, my friend! some_of_us_are_sane May 26 #27

Being anti-science Matthew28 May 25 #11

Well, that's the line preached by lots of 'religious' folks. And they're "freaking dumb"! erronis May 26 #28

And what does America gain from this? mountain grammy May 25 #12

This, like everything else that doesn't make sense is all about project 2025 Jvp May 25 #22

They are killing us. spanone May 25 #13

This is exactly along the same line as trump wanting all Covid testing stopped, slightlv May 25 #14

What the hell is their end game with all this crap at Figarosmom May 25 #15

The more old people they can kill, the more Social Security to steal. hamsterjill May 25 #17

There's no endgame. It's just how they think. It's the MO of the psychopath. littlemissmartypants May 26 #24

It all fits. John Farmer May 27 #29

He must have forgotten that even HE was hit by Covid, Bayard May 25 #16

MAGA wants it this way. mn9driver May 25 #18

Slow, indirect genocide? moondust May 25 #19

Autogenocide... littlemissmartypants May 26 #23